Automated Reconstruction of a Serial-Section EM Drosophila Brain with Flood-Filling Networks and Local Realignment
Li, P. H.; Lindsey, L. F.; Januszewski, M.; Zheng, Z.; Bates, A. S.; Taisz, I.; Tyka, M.; Nichols, M.; Li, F.; Perlman, E.; Maitin-Shepard, J.; Blakely, T.; Leavitt, L.; Jefferis, G. S. X. E.; Bock, D.; Jain, V.
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Reconstruction of neural circuitry at single-synapse resolution is a key target for improving understanding of the nervous system in health and disease. Serial section transmission electron microscopy (ssTEM) is among the most prolific imaging methods employed in pursuit of such reconstructions. We demonstrate how Flood-Filling Networks (FFNs) can be used to computationally segment a forty-teravoxel whole-brain Drosophila ssTEM volume. To compensate for data irregularities and imperfect global alignment, FFNs were combined with procedures that locally re-align serial sections as well as dynamically adjust and synthesize image content. The proposed approach produced a largely merger-free segmentation of the entire ssTEM Drosophila brain, which we make freely available. As compared to manual tracing using an efficient skeletonization strategy, the segmentation enabled circuit reconstruction and analysis workflows that were an order of magnitude faster.
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